Unibeam & Arc Reactor Unit

There are some YouTube videos about this section, one from me and one from Adafruit!

I worked on this design along with Adafruit, the overall design was a joint project, and Adafruit designed the electronics, based around their Neopixels and Arduino Gemma. You can get lots of information about using their items in the Adafruit Learning System.

Here’s the design for the 3D printed plastic parts which were designed in Autodesk123D Design, and the initial 3D prints:

The parts are painted and assembled. The Neopixels are wired as per the Adafruit Learning System article, where you can also find the Arduino code:

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James Bruton

My name is James Bruton, I live in Southampton, UK.
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